English (en-US)

Title

My Mother's Letters

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In this very personal and poetic film, veteran documentarian Serge Giguère pores through 100 letters written by his late mother to him and his 15 siblings. In them, she details the trials and tribulations of raising 16 children in rural Quebec, while helping to run a family carpentry business. Through inventive and playful techniques, Giguère brings the stories alive, applying creative approaches to family photographs, archival footage and staged reenactments. He mixes his mother's stories with his own memories and those of his siblings, some of whom hear for the first time what their mother had to say about them. Through these intertwining stories, the film presents not only a testament of a mother's complicated love for her many children, but also offers an intimate look at 1950s working class Quebec. - Aisha Jamal (Hot Docs Film Festival)

1h 26m

French (fr-FR)

Title

Les lettres de ma mère

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Overview

Usant de la longue correspondance de sa mère, décédée en 1975, et d'une série de photos d'époque, Serge Giguère retrace de façon ludique l'histoire de sa gigantesque famille.

1h 26m

Korean (ko-KR)

Title

내 어머니의 편지

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개인적이고 시적인 이 영화에서 Serge Giguère는 돌아가신 어머니가 그와 그의 15명의 형제 자매들에게 쓴 100통의 편지를 자세히 들여다본다. 그 중에는 어머니가 가족 목공 사업을 운영하는 것을 돕는 동시에 퀘벡 주 시골에서 자신의 아이들을 길르면서 겪은 시행 착오들이 적혀있다. 감독은 가족 사진과 무대 재현과 같이 창의적이고 재미 있는 방법을 통해 이야기를 보다 생생하게 전달한다. 그러던 중 그는, 자신과 형제들에 대한 어머니가 차마 하지 어려웠던 이야기를 처음 듣게 된다. 이 얽힌 이야기들을 통해, 영화는 어머니의 자식에 대한 복잡한 사랑 뿐 아니라 1950년대 노동자 계층으로써의 퀘벡 주를 보여준다

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